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Maryland decides to study a ‘climate superfund’ after all

Mon, 12/15/2025 - 6:16am
Gov. Wes Moore announced a bid to analyze emissions costs and whether companies should compensate the state for climate impacts.

Texas loads up on bitcoin

Mon, 12/15/2025 - 6:16am
The state purchased $5 million in the cryptocurrency to begin filling its new Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

Florida senator files bill to ease restrictions in development law

Mon, 12/15/2025 - 6:11am
The measure responds to cities and an environmental group that challenged provisions meant to spur rebuilding after hurricanes.

New York advances energy plan that fails to achieve climate goals

Mon, 12/15/2025 - 6:10am
Policymakers are poised to approve a road map for energy policy that doesn’t achieve mandated emissions cuts.

Hunger, makeshift shelters persist in Caribbean after Melissa

Mon, 12/15/2025 - 6:09am
The hurricane killed at least 43 people across Haiti, many of them in Petit-Goâve, where residents are still digging out from under the storm.

South Sudanese community fights to save land from flooding worsened by climate change

Mon, 12/15/2025 - 6:08am
Flooding has displaced more than 375,000 people this year in South Sudan, one of the most vulnerable countries to global warming.

The Paris Agreement at 10: What the world has achieved.

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 6:24am
The blockbuster climate deal made history a decade ago. But its record at taming climate change is spotty.

Noem says FEMA is moving faster than ever. Agency records say otherwise.

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 6:22am
President Donald Trump is approving disaster requests at a slower pace in his second term than his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.

Judge faults Trump admin for scrapping FEMA program

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 6:21am
The decision is a win for Democratic-led states that sued to save the program, which helps states gird for natural disasters.

Deadly floods in southern Asia mark worsening trend

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 6:21am
Some communities are taking their concerns about intensifying climate disasters to the courts.

Trump wants to keep Venezuela’s seized oil. It’s probably legal.

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 6:21am
The U.S. may be able to keep oil worth as much as $100 million after seizing an oil tanker headed to Cuba.

No big party in Paris as climate pact turns 10

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 6:18am
The birthday of the founding treaty of climate negotiations arrives just as the fight against climate change appears to lose momentum.

EU mulls 5-year respite from combustion ban for hybrids

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 6:17am
Governments and carmakers say shifting away from current technology by 2035 is too aggressive and risks killing a core industry.

German coalition targets accord by March on disputed heating law

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 6:17am
The heating law provoked an outcry when it was introduced by Germany’s previous government of Social Democrats and Greens.

Winter storm rips through Gaza, exposing failure to deliver enough aid

Fri, 12/12/2025 - 6:16am
Figures released by Israel's military suggest it hasn't met the ceasefire stipulation of allowing 600 trucks of aid into Gaza a day.

5 reasons the oil industry is watching Venezuela

Thu, 12/11/2025 - 6:22am
In announcing the U.S. had seized an oil tanker off Venezuela on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said of its crude, “We’ll keep it, I guess.”

Montana youth return to court to preserve historic climate victory

Thu, 12/11/2025 - 6:20am
The young people argued in a petition filed with the Montana Supreme Court that lawmakers are flouting a 2024 ruling that determined state energy laws infringed on their constitutional rights.

Data centers are coming to Texas. Can renewable energy help?

Thu, 12/11/2025 - 6:19am
Large power consumers will need 225 gigawatts of electricity over the next five years, testing the state's abililty to quickly add generation.

Long-term heat exposure can slow early childhood development

Thu, 12/11/2025 - 6:18am
The effects were stronger among children living in cities, poorer households and places with less access to clean water, new research finds.

California insurers face battle to protect homes from wildfire

Thu, 12/11/2025 - 6:18am
Property insurers want to bar trees and shrubs next to many buildings. The Los Angeles Fire Department says that's unreasonable.

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